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- ↑ The Rashid Domingo Student Bursary, Aberystwyth University
- ↑ Rashid Domingo – CT Science Graduate in Britain, Sunday Argus, Melanie Peters
- ↑ Rashid Domingo, MBE - Through adversity, to the stars. by Elle Williams, UCT Alumni News 2014/2015, p31
- ↑ Domingo a free thinker to the end by Lisa Isaacs, Cape Times, 27 Aug 2018
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